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EGC Quarterly Newsletter, Fall 2024

… program and apply here . Recent Publications EGC Research Attanasio & Meghir on the impact of targeting high school scholarships to the poor in Mexico; Attanasio et al. on preschool quality and child development in …

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Meghir et al.: "Education Policy and Intergenerational Transfers in Equilibrium"

… Meghir et al.: "Education Policy and Intergenerational Transfers in Equilibrium" … Meghir et al.: "Education Policy and Intergenerational …

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Rohini Pande and coauthors in VoxDev: How does microenterprise growth impact child outcomes?

… limiting investment in schooling. In our research (Agte et al. 2023), we evaluate how entrepreneur parents resolve these … accepted, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics Attanasio, O P and K M Kaufmann (2014), "Education choices …

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Saxena & Shukla: Improving Markets to Unlock Growth and Development

… 2019 ), barriers to entry and exit of firms ( Leone et al., 2021 ; Majerovitz, 2023 ), missing insurance and credit … the expense of environmental degradation. To mitigate such impacts, these policies should also provide firms with …

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Seeking Scalable Solutions to Poverty

… Seeking Scalable Solutions to Poverty … Seeking Scalable Solutions to Poverty YaleInsights, September 23, 2020 Read more. … Seeking Scalable Solutions to Poverty …

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Meghir et al.: "Wages, Experience, and Training of Women over the Life Cycle"

… Meghir et al.: "Wages, Experience, and Training of Women over the Life Cycle" … Meghir et al.: "Wages, Experience, and Training of Women over …

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Did Colombia’s nationwide preschool expansion benefit students?

… nationwide preschool expansion benefit students? … Orazio Attanasio … Alison Andrew … Raquel Bernal … Lina Cardona Sosa …

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Yale researchers offer new insight into the role of women in economic development

… for them to create and maintain ties with peers. Orazio Attanasio, Costas Meghir, and coauthors conduct the first quantitative study to … well-being and social justice. Related publications Agte et al.: "Gender Gaps and Economic Growth: Why Haven't Women …

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Reflecting on the “Gender Norms and Women’s Economic Empowerment” Workshop

… focused on measuring social norms. Yale Professor Orazio Attanasio began the session by discussing the … household – a factor plausibly influenced by gender norms. Attanasio and his co-authors conducted an incentivized … Own Account: How Strengthening Women's Financial Control Impacts Labor Supply and Gender Norms American Economic …

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Costas Meghir delivers the Fisher-Schultz Lecture at European Economic Association World Congress

… Costas Meghir delivers the Fisher-Schultz Lecture at European … Association World Congress … August 25, 2022 | News Costas Meghir delivers the Fisher-Schultz Lecture at European … Market Frictions and Regulations EGC affiliate Costas Meghir of Yale Economics delivered the Fisher-Schultz Lecture …

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EGC Affiliates’ Research on Latin America and the Caribbean Featured in Oxford Open Economics Supplement

… Economic Growth Center affiliates and collaborators Orazio Attanasio and Ana De La O was recently published in the Latin … research by EGC affiliates and collaborators Orazio Attanasio and Ana De La O. Contributors include past EGC … and Caribbean development today including inequality in early childhood development and the use of public services . …

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Early Childhood Development, Human Capital, and Poverty

… Early Childhood Development, Human Capital, and Poverty … Orazio Attanasio … Sarah Cattan … Costas Meghir … Early Childhood Development, Human Capital, and …

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Enhancing public preschools and women’s socioeconomic advancement in rural Kenya

… at risk of experiencing developmental delays. How can early childhood education programs be intentionally designed … on 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds along with documenting the impacts on their parents. The study team has also adapted and … Goldberg , Ayush Jain , Emma Lambert-Porter & Costas Meghir Read More About the Project Principal Investigators: …

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EGC brings leading economists from around the world to Yale for short-term visits

… new stages in several research projects focused on early childhood education,” said Raquel Bernal, a Professor … was great to have Raquel visit for a week,” said Orazio Attanasio, the Cowles Professor of Economics and an EGC affiliate, who collaborates with Bernal on early years interventions and child development research and …

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Mobarak et al.: "The Impact of Community Masking on COVID-19: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Bangladesh"

… Mobarak et al.: "The Impact of Community Masking on COVID-19: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Bangladesh" … Mobarak et al.: "The Impact of Community Masking on COVID-19: A …

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